Bottle



( No Model.)

E. TOWERS.

BOTTLE.

No. 603,350. Patented May 3,1898.

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/N VEN TCH A TTOHNE YS W/TNESSES UNITED STATES y PATENT OFFICE.

EDMUND TOWERS, YON KERS, NEW YORK,` ASSIGNOR OF Tl-IREE-FOURTI-IS TOJOI-IN GIBNEY AND JOHN C. S. WEILLS, OF SING SING, NEW YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 603,350, dated May 3,1898.

Application tiled January 12, 1897. Serial No. 618,974. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

i Beit known that I, EDMUND TOWERS, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Yonkers, county of Westchester, and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottles, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which similar lettersof reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to improvements in bottles and means for closingthem, the object thereof being to prevent reuse thereof after they havebeen emptied of their original contents. The bottle isso constructedthat after it is llled and corked it is necessaryto break away a portionthereof before removing the contents, whereby the bottle loses itsdistinctive appearance, and reuse thereof in its original shape isprevented.

By the use of this invention certain frauds now practiced upon thepublic and manufacturers of proprietary compounds can be prevented.

The invention will be hereinafter fully described, and specifically setforth in the anneXed claim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figurel is a vertical elevation of my improved bottle having the lower portionthereof 'broken away. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional elevation taken ona line oc of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a vertical elevation of the upper portionof the bottle, showing the same in combination with a tool adapted foropening; and Fig. 4 is a detail view of the stopper or cork adapted forclosing the bottle.

In the practice of my invention I provide the neck A of an ordinarybottle with a recess a, which said recess is preferably surrounded by astar-shaped ange a and is closed at its inner end by means of a disk a2,which said disk forms an integral part of the bottle-neck and has aconvex inner face. The bottleneck is further providedV with a recess a3,located in the inner surface of the neck thereof,

` directly opposite to the recess a. This said 'recess as is extendedupwardly at an angle from the inner surface of the neck of a bottle,

5o whereby a shoulder a4 is provided. The bottle-neck is also providedupon its inner surface, at a point diametrically opposite to the recessd, with a groove a5.

As ameans for closing the bottle after it is filled I provide a stopperB, which comprises a cylindrical portion b and a head b. Iroj ectedradially from one side of the stopper is a tongue b2, and locatedopposite thereto, within the cylindrical portion of the stopper, is arecess b3. Within this recess is placed a bow-spring C, which comprisesa short arm c and a long arm c'. The head of the stopper has a recess b4therein for engagement with a tool for opening the bottle, as will behereinafter described. In combination with the said stopper, which iscomposed of some non-flexible material, preferably glass, I use aliexible cork D, which said cork may be secured to adownwardly-projected stud B of the stopper B, or it may be madeseparately, as illustrated by Fig. 2 ofthe drawings.

In the operation of the invention the bottle is iilled to any desiredheight, and the cork and stopper are then inserted therein, the tongueb2 of the stopper and the short arm c of the bow-spring engaging,respectively, with the groove a5 and the recessaS of the neck of thebottle. This said short arm, being in contact with the shoulder a4, willprevent the removal of the stopper by any other means than breaking awaythe disk a2 and forcing the short arm c inwardly.

As a means for opening the bottle I provide a tool E, which comprisesjaws c, adapted to be forced toward each other by means of handles e.One of the jaws c has a segmental Aprojection c2 thereon, and theopposite jaw has a projecting stud c3 thereon for engagement with theaperture a. of the bottle. The tool is further provided with apivotally-attached lever E', which has a pointed projection c4 thereonfor engagement with the recess b4 of the vstopper-head. In the operationof this tool it is placed upon the neck of the bot tle in the positionillustrated by Fig. 3 of the drawings. The jaws e are then carriedtoward each other by pressing the handles e' in the direction of thearrows l and 2. This action will break away the d isk a2 and atthe sametime force the short arm of the spring O inwardly to a sucient distanceto allow the stopper to be removed. Then to start the ICO stopper thelever B is forced upwardly in the direction of the arrow 3, whereby thestopper is moved upwardly for a suieient distance to allow the short armof the spring C to engage with the inner wall of the neck of the bottleabove the line of the shoulder d4. The stopper and cork can then bereadily removed and the bottle emptied.

As a warnin g t0 the public the bottle should be supplied upon the neckthereof with an announcement A', comprising, preferably, the followingmatter: If the center of this seal is broken or covered with paper orwax, the contents are not genuine; but I do not eonine myself to thisspeeilie form of warning.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of a bottle having a recess formed within the outersurface of the neck thereof and a recess formed within the inner surfaceof said neck, these said recesses being separated by means of a thindisk forming an integral part of the neck of the bottle, said neck alsohaving a groove therein, located opposite to the said recess; with abottle-stopper having a tongue thereon for engagement with the groove ofa bottle-neck, and a recess therein located opposite to said tongue forholdingr the bow-spring, the outwardly-extending arm of said bow-sprin gengaging with the inner recess of the neck of the bottle, said stopperalso having a recess within the head thereof for receiving a tool foropening the bottle, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of two witnesses, this 11th day of January, 1897.

EDM UND TOIV ERS.

lVitnesses:

EDGAR L. Ryman, OMAR N. SAGE.

